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A photograph inside a room with maroon curtains and a patterned wall, showing an elderly man with long swept-back grey hair wearing an orange saffron shawl and a dark rudraksha mala, seated on an ornate gold-framed orange throne-like chair. Beside him a second seated man in a light cloth is partly visible. On the right, a younger shaved-headed man with white tilak marks, gold chains and a reddish-brown dhoti raises one hand while seated on another gold and orange chair. In the foreground, a floral garland of orange and yellow marigolds rests on a silver vessel, and a red-covered table holds brass bowls, a silver tray, glasses and a fruit-filled plate, with a hand reaching in from the right. The scene suggests a puja or ritual setting. Swamiji (probable): the elderly man with long swept-back hair, saffron shawl and rudraksha mala, seated on a throne.